Friday, 2 July 2010

Facebook usage statistics by country - July 2010 compared to July 2009 and July 2008

I have been publishing Facebook usage statistics by quarter for a while and now have enough data to be able to look at 12 month growth in Facebook users by country and 24 month growth in Facebook users by country. Total number of Facebook users has now passed 400m and Facebook is growing everywhere - maybe why Google is (allegedly) still looking closely at social networking and regarding Facebook with envious eyes?

The table below shows the top 30 countries by number of active Facebook users with July 2010 Facebook user information compared to 2009 and 2008 Facebook usage statistics (leave a comment if you want to know statistics for other countries.)

Here are the Top 30 countries with highest number of Facebook users (1st July 2010 - data from Facebook):

Rank

Country

Number of Facebook users 1st July 2008

Number of Facebook users 1st July 2009

Number of Facebook users 1st July 2010

12 month growth %

24 month growth %

1

USA

27,811,560

69,378,980

125,881,220

81.4%

352.6%

2

UK

11,171,540

18,711,160

26,543,600

41.9%

137.6%

3

Indonesia

209,760

6,496,960

25,912,960

298.9%

12253.6%

4

Turkey

3,464,640

12,382,320

22,552,540

82.1%

550.9%

5

France

2,461,140

10,781,480

18,942,220

75.7%

669.7%

6

Italy

491,100

10,218,400

16,647,260

62.9%

3289.8%

7

Canada

9,621,820

11,961,020

15,497,900

29.6%

61.1%

8

Philippines

162,640

2,719,560

14,600,300

436.8%

8877.1%

9

Mexico

1,042,820

3,644,400

12,978,440

256.1%

1144.6%

10

Spain

695,900

5,773,200

10,610,080

83.8%

1424.7%

11

India

711,520

3,236,140

10,547,240

225.9%

1382.4%

12

Argentina

417,980

4,906,220

10,542,040

114.9%

2422.1%

13

Colombia

2,412,000

5,760,300

10,226,820

77.5%

324%

14

Germany

618,080

3,136,680

9,949,760

217.2%

1509.8%

15

Australia

3,217,380

6,053,560

9,009,660

48.8%

180.0%

16

Malaysia

450,580

1,995,040

7,317,520

266.8%

1524.0%

17

Chile

2,105,820

4,830,680

6,944,540

43.8%

229.8%

18

Taiwan

71,340

685,460

6,745,160

884.0%

9355%

19

Venezuela

966,700

3,578,740

6,686,300

86.8%

591.7%

20

Brazil

119,080

1,015,400

4,757,200

368.5%

3895%

21

Thailand

114,180

697,340

4,216,760

504.7%

3593.1%

22

Sweden

1,141,700

2,287,240

3,798,020

66.1%

232.7%

23

Egypt

783,440

1,618,040

3,581,460

121.4%

357.2%

24

Belgium

531,740

2,372,460

3,505,920

47.8%

559.3%

25

Hong Kong

837,900

2,087,580

3,408,240

63.3%

306.7%

26

Israel

591,900

1,433,540

3,006,460

109.7%

407.9%

27

South Africa

878,120

1,720,820

2,884,080

67.6%

228.4%

28

Greece

505,000

1,638,980

2,838,700

73.2%

462.1%

29

Poland

83,180

619,180

2,772,540

347.8%

3233.2%

30

Czech Rep

51,680

1,088,020

2,686,040

146.9%

5097.5%

[*figures are taken from Facebook and then compared to Facebook usage statistics lists that I have previously compiled (allowing the 12 month and 24 month comparisons.)]

As always, if you want to know the latest Facebook usage statistics for another country (and data is now published for almost every country in the world), leave a comment in the post below and I will post the relevant Facebook user statistics data.

Thanks for your site! I've compared some of the statistics for users by age-group in Australia to the official Bureau of Statistics census data. You might be interested to know that a considerable number of FB users lie about their age!

Hi Nick, thanks for these; they're very interesting. Was hoping for your help with one clarification about this data. For a given country, is this the number of users who self-report their current city or country as being "in Lebanon" (or wherever), or is it based on where their IP address is registered? Or something else? Thanks.

Any data on the unique Facebook users in the Philippines? The 14.6M contains a significant number of multiple accounts from the same person. Also, do you have stats on the average time spent on Facebook?

It would be great if I could get Facebook user stats for Malta. The country was mentioned in this post: http://www.nickburcher.com/2009/04/facebook-usage-statistics-by-population.html, but not on the latest ones. Many thanks!

Hi, is there any way to get data of facebook users by country (as you did) in different years (from 2004 up until now)? I am doing some researches on fecebook users and this info is really important. you can write me in private if you want (chiollo@yahoo.it)

I am working on a research paper dealing with social media (particularly facebook and twitter) and political openness. Would you consider sharing your data with me? Or how you have been able to get this much data? I only have 2011 data, but it would be fantastic to have anything as far back as you have. You can email me at echo.keif@gmail.com. THANKS!!!

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